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Mt. Qingcheng
 Mt.
Qingcheng is located at the Dujiangyan scenery
spot of Chengdu, Sichuan province. It is
a famous mountain of Taoism. Surrounded
by countless peaks and densely covered by
ancient trees whose branches reaching the
sky, the mountain was named "Mt. Qingcheng"
(Green Town in Chinese). The mountain includes
two parts-the anterior Mt. Qingcheng and
the posterior Mt. Qingcheng. The anterior
mountain is famous for its beautiful scenery
and numerous cultural and historic sites;
while the posterior mountain is noted for
its paradisiacal scenery, primitive and
brilliant, gorgeous and mysterious.
The famous scenic sites are:
the Shangqing Palace, the Jianfu Palace,
and the Tianshi Cave, ect. Among them, the
Jianfu Palace, with extraordinary bearing,
stands against the barranca under the Zhangren
Peak. It was built in Tang dynasty, and
repaired for several times in the successive
dynasties, now only two halls and three
compounds are preserved. In the left side
of the Jianfu Palace is the princess of
Mingqing mansion site. Going west for 1
kilometer, visitors can find the "the
natural pictures". With the rocks uprightly
standing, cloud and mist thickly wreathing,
visitors often fancy that they are in pictures.
 Two
kilometers towards north comes the Tianshi
Cave, the major temple of Mt. Qingcheng.
According to legend, in the Eastern Han
dynasty, Zhang Daolin had been here for
preaching. In the Three Kings Palace, the
main hall of the Tianshi Cave, the stone
inscriptions of three kings of Tang dynasty
were laid. The palace contains wood and
stone tablets of past dynasties. The most
famous include the Tang Xuanzong's imperial
decree and Yuefei's handwriting of Zhu Geliang's
Chushibiao, etc. Coming out from Tianshi
Cave and passing the Fangning Bridge, visitors
can reach the Zhushi Palace; unceasingly
walk straight north is Chaoyang Cave; out
of it, climbers could see the Shangqing
Palace, which situates on a high platform.
The Shangqing Palace was first built in
the Jin dynasty and the extant temple was
built during the reign of Tongzhi in Qing
dynasty. There are stone inscriptions as
"the fifth famous mountain under the
sun", " the first peak in Mt.
Qingcheng" and so on in it. With its
annually average temperature of 15 centigrade,
Mt. Qingcheng belongs to humid subtropical
monsoon climate. It is reputed as "Dong
Tian Fu Di" (means wonderful mountain
and happy place), "the fairyland on
earth".
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